Covid-19: Malaysia hit by record cases despite prolonged lockdown
On 23 May 2021, Malaysia surged past India to record one of South East Asia’s…
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Why I . . . volunteer as a Royal Parks ranger
For years, Ramai Santhirapala has lived near Richmond Park in London, enjoying its beauty. But…
Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study
In this paper by Ranzani and colleagues (BMJ 2021;374:n2015, doi:10.1136/bmj.n2015, published 20 August 2021), author…
Covid-19: JCVI opts not to recommend universal vaccination of 12-15 year olds
The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has not recommended that all young…
Sixty seconds on . . . covid booster vaccines
Can I get a booster shot now?Not in the UK (yet), although you may be…
Elimination of covid-19: beware of surveillance bias
Surveillance bias occurs when looking at health conditions that have differential intensity across populations, over…
What has caused the NHS blood tube shortage, and how is it affecting doctors and patients?
What’s happening?Becton Dickinson (BD), which manufactures most of the blood tubes used by the NHS,…
Texas’s new abortion law is an attack on medical practice and women’s rights, say doctors
Texas law Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) went into effect on 1 September, effectively banning…
Why Taiwan approved its own vaccine before phase III trials
On 19 July 2021, Medigen Vaccine Biologics became the first local company to win emergency…
Covid-19: Why has India had a spike in stillbirths?
Pratiksha Gavali worked as a pathologist at Irwin Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, till last September,…
S Kameswaran
bmj;374/sep02_10/n2167/FAF1faS Kameswaran studied under P V Cherian, who later became the governor of Maharashtra, India….
Ronapreve for prophylaxis and treatment of covid-19
On 20 August 2021, Ronapreve received conditional marketing authorisation for the prevention and treatment of…
Rugby players lose cognitive function and blood flow to the brain over one season, study shows
The brain function and cognitive ability of a team of rugby players declined over the…
Why we need to make space for grief
The past 18 months have seen more than their share of human tragedy. Some four…
Covid-19 and GPs: the unmeasured goes unnoticed
Thank you for publishing this important and heartfelt piece about how being listened to and…
Covid-19: 80% of young adults in UK are likely to have antibodies, data suggest
Around eight in ten young adults in the UK are now likely to have SARS-CoV-2…
Who will comfort me when I transition to adult services?
When I was 3 months old my parents were told I had the genetic blood…
Anaemia after gastric bypass . . . and other stories
Nutritional deficiencies after bariatric surgeryAnaemia is a common late complication of bariatric surgery, according to…
Should women with Lynch syndrome be offered gynaecological cancer surveillance?
What you need to knowLynch syndrome is an inherited genetic condition associated with an increased…
Covid-19: UK will offer third vaccine dose to severely immunosuppressed people
The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that people with severely…
Long covid: One in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection, data show
A large study of children and young people who caught SARS-CoV-2 has found that as…
Broader approaches are necessary for containing pandemics like covid-19
Hotez rightly emphasises the importance of scientific approaches for stemming the covid-19 pandemic through policies…
NHS recovery plan for England is “beyond urgent” given length of waiting times, says Labour
Patients routinely have to wait longer than the promised 18 weeks for NHS treatment in…
Covid-19: Delta variant doubles risk of hospital admission compared with alpha variant, study shows
Patients with the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 have more than double the risk of hospital…
Will Scotland become the first part of the UK to legalise assisted dying?
What legislation is being proposed?A proposed bill is being brought forward by the Scottish Liberal…
Vaccine passports around the world
bmj;374/sep01_7/n2142/FAF1faAs the world learns to live with the virus, countries are adopting vaccine certification as…
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An intramedullary mass
A man in his 30s presented with one month of progressive bilateral numbness and paralysis…
David Oliver: Soundbites won’t solve a pandemic
The former BBC director general Mark Thompson, in his 2016 book Enough Said, explored the…
Health and Care Bill: the government does not want to limit privatisation or integrate services
I am pleased that the BMA has come out firmly against the Health and Social…
Improve care pathways for covid now to do better when the next variant or pandemic hits
How did we let it get to this stage? Abbasi asks.1 The answers are not…
Schools: a gaping hole in England’s covid strategy
The highly transmissible delta variant of SARS-COV-2 is now dominant in Europe and North America….
Leser-Trelat sign
This is the Leser-Trélat sign in a man in his 60s who presented with more…
NICE approves new cholesterol lowering drug after NHS strikes deal with manufacturer
A novel anti-cholesterol drug, to be given in primary care as a twice yearly injection,…
Partha Kar: Jealousy, rivalry, and disdain—the toxicity of specialty stereotyping
It’s all around you, especially if you venture into the world of social media: GPs…
Helen Salisbury: Looking after each other
Many uplifting things happen in medicine: babies are born safely, illnesses are prevented or cured,…
Malaria: Combining vaccine with prophylaxis cuts child deaths by 73%, study finds
Hundreds of thousands of children’s lives could be saved each year in Africa by combining…
Robin Touquet: emeritus professor of emergency medicine who strove for greater understanding of alcohol misuse across all medical specialties
bmj;374/aug31_5/n2130/FAF1faWhen Robin Touquet was appointed the first consultant in emergency medicine at St Mary’s Hospital…
Covid-19: Why is Northern Ireland’s death rate so high?
Medical experts in Northern Ireland are striving to pinpoint why the country has such a…
Cardiovascular care of older adults
ABSTRACTAge is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. With the accelerated growth of the…
Women’s wellbeing and the burden of unpaid work
Women spend a disproportionate amount of their time carrying out three quarters of the world’s…
How routine NHS diabetes care can catch up after covid-19
“There will be a need for diabetes management to catch up,” as progress made before…
Charles Wakeley
bmj;374/aug27_9/n2112/FAF1faCharles Wakeley was an inspirational musculoskeletal radiologist, a dedicated doctor, and a great mentor and…
Joan Ripley
Joan Ripley (née Inwald) was born into a medical family. She emigrated to Montego Bay,…
David Michael Roberts
bmj;374/aug27_7/n2111/FAF1faDavid Michael Roberts (“Mike”) died after a long illness bravely fought, at the age of…
Damian Vincent McGivern
bmj;374/aug27_6/n2117/FAF1faDamian Vincent McGivern came from a Liverpool Irish family and remained deeply attached to his…
Stanford Bourne
bmj;374/aug27_5/n2110/FAF1faStanford Bourne (“Sandy”) will be especially remembered for his work in the area of bereavement…
David Alfred Owen Sutton
On qualifying, David married June, a biology teacher, and after training posts moved to St…
Climate action for health and hope
The most serious type of heart attack, an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), is a…
NHS recovery plan for Scotland is “unrealistic,” doctors’ leaders warn
Medical leaders have questioned the feasibility of a £1bn (€1.17bn; $1.37bn) government recovery plan for…
How the pandemic Olympics affected Japan
The sound of sirens across Tokyo has increased noticeably during August. After a year of…